ZVKDS Restavratorski center
Poljanska 40, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 234 3100
Jernej Hudolin, Head
Phone386 (0) 1 234 3140
Restoration Centre, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia (ZVKDS)
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History
The beginnings of organised restoration activities date back to 1950, when a restoration department within the then Institute for the Protection and Scientific Study of Cultural Monuments and Natural Heritage of Slovenia was organised.
In 1982 the restoration department separated from the newly renamed institute as an independent institution. In 1999 the Restoration Centre once again became a part of the larger institute. Since 2008, after the reorganisation of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, the Restoration Centre operates under the Conservation Centre, one of two main units of the institute.
Programme
The Restoration Centre takes care for the development and the direction of conservation and restoration profession. It leads and runs preliminary research work on monuments, prepares conservation plans for monuments owned by the state and conservation and restoration projects for most complex interventions, it carries out conservation and restoration on highly important monuments. It cooperates with other institutions and government departments and develops public awareness of conservation and restoration activities.
The Centre works according to appropriate criteria and methods, using the latest heritage technology (eg laser cleaning, copying, anoxy method, stone non-destructive research). It also engages in educational activities for professionals as well as for the secondary school and student population and the broader public. Several of its educational programmes are international in scope. The Restoration Centre prepares exhibitions; in 2008 there was an exhibition on development of the restoration science in the last decade.
Collections
Collections consist mainly of publications and documents: the library collection houses over 4000 inventory units, related to restoration, restoration technologies and related sciences; the documentation collection houses photographs, plans, archive of reports and other writings concerning interventions on the heritage, and video archive.
Branches
The Centre consists of several departments: the Architecture Department, the Painting Department (Table Painting Studio, Wall Painting Studio), the Sculpture Department (Wood Studio, Stone Studio), the Natural Science Department, the Documentation Department and the Library.
International Cooperation
The Centre cooperates with many international institutions; the anoxy method was introduced to Slovenia in cooperation with Metropolitan Museum in New York (USA), where it was developed. In 2006 the Centre was for the first time presented to an international audience at the fair of Restorers (Restauro) in Ferrara (Italy).
Awards
The centre with its employees has won several Stele Awards – Barbka Gosar Hirci (2008), Mateja Kavčič (2005), Rado Zoubek (2004), and Aleš Sotler (2003).
See also
- Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia
- Association of Slovene Restorers
- Preventive Archaeology Centre
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